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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
The Shooting of Stonewall jackson
at ChanceIIorsyilIe.

After night fell, Stonewall jackson
rode out with his staff to reconnoiter
in front of the line he had gained. 1t
was his idea to stretch completely
around in the rear of Hooker and cut
him off from the river.
The night was dark and jackson
soon came upon the Union lines. Their
infantry drove him back, and as he
returned in the darkness, his own
soldiers began firing at their COM
mander, of course mistaking his party
for the enemy. jackson was shot in
the hand and wrist, and in the upper
arm at the same time. His horse
turned, and the general lost his hold
of the bridle-rein; his cap was brushed
from his head by the branches; he
reeled, and was caught in the arms of
an officer. After moment he was
assisted to dismount, his wound was
examined, and litter was brought
Just then the Union artillery opened
again, and a murderous fire came
down upon the party through the
woods and the darkness. One of the
litter-bearers stumbled and fell, and
the others were frightened; they laid
the litter on the ground, the furious
storm of shot and she'll sweeping over
them like hail. Jackson attempted to
rise, but his aid-de-camp held him
down till the tempest of fire was
lulled. Then the wounded general
was helped to rise, and walked few
steps in the forest; but he became
faint. and was laid again in his litter.
Once he rolled on the ground, when an
assistant was shot, and the litter fell.
just then General Pender, one of
his subordinates, passed; he stopped
and said:
II hope you are not seriously hurt,
General. fear | shall have to retire
my troops, they are so much broken
up
But Jackson looked up at once, and
exclaimed:
lyon must hold your ground, Cen
eral Pender; you must hold S,our
ground. sirv'
This was the last order he ever gave
He was borne some distance to the |
nearest house, and examined by the |
surgeon; and after midnight his left |
arm was amputated at the shoulder.
When Lee was told that his most |
trusted lieutenant had been wounded. |
he was greatly distressed. for the rela- |
tions between them were almost ten
der.
jackson has lost his left arm, said |
Lee, '.buf have lost my right arm" /
- General Addm Badeuu, IN ST. Nich-
olas-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
A Comparison.

If all members of the Knights ol
Honor were carrying loans of $4,000, Sc
cured by mortgages, with interest-bear
ing coupons maturing the first day oi
every month, how promptly we should
see them gathering around the broker:
Office on day of maturity to clip the
coupon and prevent a foreclosure
No excuse for non-payment of the
8 per cent interest would be deem
ed valid, and the cut-throat stip
ulations would be expected to be
enforced according to the letter oi
the law. Brothers, we guarantee your
heirs the self-same amount of s., 900, and
it costs you less than one per cent year
Why do you then absent yourselves from
the lodge? Why not go promptly and
pay the small assessment which is just
as legitimately business transaction as
the case of the mortgage and loan? You
fail to pay the assessments, suspension is
bound to follow, and in the end your
Beneficiary Certificate will be annulled.
BY your own carelessness, and neglect
of duty, you allow the best and cheapest
insurance to become void. A few of our
members can afford to drop it, but the
great majority owe it as duty to their
wives and little ones to faithfully keep
it up to the end.-Knight of Honor.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14

n. o. Pieayunel
Dr.. B. F. WARD has long been known
as the orator of his profession in the
State of Mississippi. He has been for
ten years a contributor to the Trans
actions of the Mississippi State Medical
Association" When elected Presiden t
of that Association he delivered an ad-
dress on "Alcohol," which has been
extensively circulated by active friends
of the temperance cause. He also de-
liyered before the same body an address
on Medicine in the Cotton States" of
which $500 extra copies for distribution
were ordered by the Associations
compliment never before or since paid
to any of its members.
DIR. Wards professional learning, elo-
quence and general culture had already
sufficed to secure for him high degree
of distinction in Mississippi, when his
article on "The White Man of the New
South and of the Old South" appeared
only few months ago in THE CLARION,
of Jackson, Miss. That article has been
republished in every part of the coun-
try, with editorial comments, and has
achieved for its author national repu-
tation. 1t was written in reply to a
contribution to the Century Magazine
for March last, entitled, "The White
Man of the New South" by Prof. Will
bur Fisk Tillett, of Vanderbilt Uni
versity, Nashville, Tenn. Prof. Tillett
had undertaken to show that the repre-
sentative Southerner of the Old South
was, by reason of the benighting infiu-
eDce of slavery, inferior to the white
man of the New South, and further,
that the moral and industrial conditions
of this section had been greatly improved
by the changes which followed the con-
clusion of the war of secession. DIR.
Ward meets these contentious with an
overwhelming array of statistics and
historical facts which must 60 far to
reverse the judgment of all those who
adopted Prof. TIllett's view, or at least
of all whose optimism has left them
still open to conviction. DR.. Wards
article is not lengthy one, but it is
marvel of lucid, terse and telling state
ment. This is not the place for its an
alysis, or for a critical estimate of its
value as a contribution to the literature
of political philosophy; but whoever
reads it will understand why il has
made its author suddenly famous.
DIR. B. F. Ward, now resident of
Winona, Miss, was born in South Caro-
lima, and served in the Confederate
army as q surgeon.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
King Milan. Adieu to His Queen.


A strange scene occurred Thursday
lest ~ the railroad station at Buda-
Pesth. King Milan Of Servia and Queen
Nathalie. who have agreed that they
never can agree, bade goodbye to each
other for an indefinite period; He took
leave leave from his beautiful wife on the
nlstform M 10 full sight of the public, and
effer coldlv kissing her on the brow and
patting y HI bis little boy On the bead he 81
into Ia train. which bore him swiftly
10y 10y - his discontented Seryian sub
;scts. Queen Nathalie and the boy ssb
seouently proceeded TO BADEN, near "
ems. where she viii stay until autumn
and tben take up her residence y
Ouidasr awintsr city,, fiorence. Mner'
~ paseed her childhood. nencs1or
vnrd Milan and Nethalis VAL neve'
/ live together again. London Letter.
II lL
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Cortes.s Accoun. of Mexico.

The subordinate Cortes. on landing
in Mexico. shrewdly saw in its con-
quest an opportunity for his ambition.
He feared that he might in this be su-
perseded by another should he await
the forms of Spanish law, so he con-
trived an election by which he was ir-
regularly made caDtain-general, and
then boldly undertook military ex-
pedition without royal charter.
Thus there is hardly a doubt, and
his letters plainly indicate it, that his
prime object IN these reports was to 50
frame them as to secure imperial par
don for his offenses, as well as sane
ton to continue the conquest There
fore, he pictured the Ell Dorado of
which Spaniards were wont to dream.
whose wealth would fill the emperor's
depleted treasury. and whose great
ness would augment the power of his
realm All that he saw and did was
extravagantly colored in such lam
guage and terminology as would mag
Nifty his adventures, and at the same
time picture the conquest of a country
after the Spanish ideal. Besides this,
he tells how the people were idolaters
and human sacrificers; how he over
turned their false idols and set mp
crosses and images of the Virgin in
their stead; and how, by constant ap-
peals TO them to embrace the religion
of the Spaniards, it pleased God to
make him the means of converting
many. Thus. by emphasizing his acts
as religious, and giving his expedition
the color of holy war, did he also
secure the necessary and powerful i'm
fiuence of the priests ut court, who, in
those days of a Jealous Inquisition,
the sovereign dare not ignore
Henry l.. Reynolds. Jr., ia Popular
Science M0nkh{Y.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Treatment of Insect Stings.

The stings of insects, such as gnats,
mosquitoes, ETC., says lie Pharmdciey'
PopuIaire, are often painful. In such q
case apply spirit of hartshorn or volatile
alkali to the part. Spider bites are not
only painful, but often venomous, and
it is necessary to wash them with salt
water or diluted vinegar. The sting of
the bee is harmful only when the sting
remains sticking in the wound. So the
first thing to be done is to press the
wound in order to make it bleed, since
the blood that flows will carry along =
portion of the poison. Then suck the
wound and wash it well with water and
then with q solution of knos p owder
This latter, which is much used in En-
gland, consists of three parts of chloride
of lime to eight of common salt. An
ounce of this powder is to be dissolved
in tumbler of water. If this compost
ton is not to be had, Goulard's extract
may be used. For the sting of the scor-
pion, volatile alkali should be used, and
after the pain subsidies, an emollient cat
aplasm may be applied.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
ZIG. Cow MANGEn.

Tht dew style manger illustrated in the
second cut is described in Prairie Farmer
% follows The manger should slope well
PACK, and should have feed box at the
oot'om The floor should slope one inch
~ six feet, and should be divided into
stalls three feet wide, or wider for large
COWS
The novel feature in this is the pole in
oaek part of the stall. 1t ought TO be
placed just far back enough so that the
COWS hind feet are behind it while she Is
sun or eating. This causes all droppiDgs
70 Iall behind the pole. When she wishes
70 lie down sne will lower her head, ster
forward, and lie down in front of the pole,
Where she never becomes soiled with the
manure. The stick or pole should be
hrmly fastened to the floor.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Low Prices, High Wages, Small
Profits.

From Edward Atkinson's essay in
the Century under the above title. we
quote the following introduction:
The minds of many persons have
been and are greatly disturbed because
there has been in recent years great
reduction in the prices of nearly all
the leading articles of commerce, the
principal decline dating substantially
from the year 1873. This decline in
prices began soon after the war in the
United States, but the general decline
in all countries on specie basis may
be dated from 1873.
BY whatever standard prices are
measured (and there are many care
fully compiled tables), the average is
found to be lower at the present time
than at any period since date an
terror to the year 1850, in which year
the great supply of gold from Cali
fornia, and little from Australia, be-
gan to affect the volume of the money
metals of the world.
In most of the discussions of the
money question this great fall in prices
has been treated as if it were mis-
fortune, and it is often held that any
measure of legislation ought to be
adopted which might tend to check it.
Is not this very partial and one-sided
view of the subject?
Some one has wisely and wittily said
that lit does much matter what hap
pens to the millionaire-hOwi is it with
the millionP"
If it shall appear that out of this
great reduction in prices the millions
have gained higher wages; that hun
dreds of thousands of families have
gained better homes and greater COM
forts in life; while those who have suf-
fered temporary loss have been only
the rich who have been incapable of
adjusting themselves to the new con-
ditions, or the unskille6 poor who
have been unable to grasp the greater
opportunities for welfare which in
yention has offered them, then may we
not come to the conclusion that dimin-
ished profits and low prices are mere
ly the complement of higher wages
and lower cost, and are, therefore,
most certain indications of general
progress from poverty to welfare, yet
still leaving the problem open, how
to help the unskilled poor?
1t will be remembered that it has
been stated that so far as the great
mass of the people of this and of other
lands are concerned. about one-half
the cost of living is the price paid for
the materials for food, the cost of food
to common laborers who have families
to support being as a rule much more
than one half their income.
The question of interest to those
who assume to be strictly ''the Worktnq
classes" is not so much what the price
Of the necessities of life may be, as it
IS how many portions of food, fuel,
and clothing each one can buy at the
retail shops in which they deal, and how
good a shelter each one can procure
fJr one days or one years earnings.
In other words, what is. or what has
been. the value of a days labor when
into the commodities which
Ire necessary To existence?
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Fraternity Not Charity.

Ours is not an eleemosynary institu-
ton. Gratuities and alms-giving are
not among the primary obligations
imposed upon us. Our charities, and
they are abounding, are not dispensed
under the impulse which prompts US to
toss a nickel to beggar. Their objects,
their benefciaries must come commend
ed by higher qualifications than present
destitution of money or health. Upon
any other basis the acceptance of mem
bers would bankrupt any mortuary ben
eft Order in month.-Knight of
Honor.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Tee Lime-Kiln Club.

The wisdom of the club in deciding
not to permit any lecturer to enter the
hall until he had passed an examlna-
ton before Il committee was apparent
when Hon. Plumbago Josylin. OF
Huntsville, Ala. walked into Detroit
to deliver his lecture on '.Can We Ever
Be Perfectly Happy?" The committee
submitted him to the following exami-
nation. -,
..When and where was Plato born'
..What brought the downfall OF the
Roman Empire?
..What nation first made use of the
soun hone as a substitute for turkey?'
.sWbo introduced the game of policy
Into this country?
..Who was De Soto. and why did ne
discover the Mississippi rlsers
.sIf / have 100000, 600 cocoanuts
and give strange darky zoo. q
Them how many do have lefts
..How long would body weighins n
$50 pounds take in falling l,Soo feets
The list of questions embraced tnifls
one. and Hon. Plumbago could not re
turn correct answer to a single ohs
lof them. He grew quite lndlgnan
lover the examination, claiming 1na
the only two things which stood 10 Ins
way ofperfect happiness on eartn Mel'
green watermelons at 90 cents apiee'
and the house fly; but the eommite'
Was firm. and he was told to jog along
abe report of de COMMITTEES VIII D
| accepted an adopted. onserses
lhrother Gardner, s.an' each member 2
4 will consider hisself formal,
itbsnked. Had de Hon. Plumbago pesi
sliowed to take dis platform we snoai'
hev lost half an hour of our yaiuaol
| time an been no wiser we VIII no.
nroceed wild de reglar purceed'n $
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Facts Farmers Ought to Know.

Marketing the produce of the farm is
half the battle.
Botanists include in the grass family
barley, wheat, oats, corn, rice, timothy,
redtop, blue grass, sugar cane, sorghum,
etc. Glover, the most valuable of forage
plants, is not grass, but legume.
1t is stated by one who claims to know
that the farmers in the northwest who
are making money are by no means con
fined to the bonanza class" There are
many instances in which few acres, well
titled, give far better results than larger
farm receiving less attention and care.
An earthen floor is the best for poultry
houses.
1t is a great mistake to overlook the
neighboring home market and trust to
the large towns only.
1t is poor policy to use green ash tubs
to pack butter in.
More attention than heretofore is being
paid the clover crop in the southern states
Good heavy farm horses sell well.
More cheese is being made this season
than last year.
Ammonia Is considered the best of al
remedies for bee stings by Professor A
J. Cook.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14

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ar more discount OF ten per cent will be allowed
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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
The DiRerence.

Instead of reckoning what we pay for
dues aud assessments in the Order as
money lost, because, forsooth, we do not
die and win, it should be considered as
a part of our necessary expenses, just as
we reckon taxes, church expenses, fire
insurance premiums, and other outgoes
by which we provide for our families
and homes. The only difference is that
these latter expenses are for the present
comfort of the family, and the commen-
dairy expenses are for the future.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14

The drying of fruits for market has
grown into an important industry In
many sections of the country and conse-
quently there has been called into exist
enee large number of patent eyapor..
ators The patent affairs are many OF
them quite perfect in their way, and al
ford great convenience and saving Oh
labor where large quantities of fruit are
to be handled. Many farmers, however,
dry only enough fruit for their own con-
sumption, and can i'll afford to purchase
an eyaporator for the purpose This class
Of readers viii be interested in the ac-
eompanying cut taken from Inc rior.uss
Agriculturist. The evaporator illustrated
is described as follows by O correspondent
who has successfully tested IL: :,
Take a large hogshead and cut q small
door at the bottom through which TO pu'
fuel in the stove. Also cut round hoie
in the head of the hogshead directly across
from the door for the stovepipe TO go "
through, also square one in front OF sn's
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Wise Words.

Rev. T. D. Talmage says: "You car
go out of this world not having dollar
and yet die happy, if you could provide
for the wife and children left behind
1t would be mean thing for you to go
to Heaven while they go to the poor
house. You at death may move into 8
beautiful mansion with river front; they
move into two rooms on the fourth fool
of tenement house."
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14

,ne box or oven to be put on the top Of the
nogsnead. For the oven take a dry roo1s
OF tree box and knock off one side. nail On
some cleats for the fruit drawers and naaka
uoor Tor the front to fasten with b,rtson
u strap. The drawers should be- ligbt
.lalnes with slat or galvanized wire Rot
.sn .olns 50 mat the air win have free circrla.
1,on. Make few auger holes in the ton
~ a. .ne pox 10 give ventilation and draft to
the head of the hogshead and nail Z, s,.r,- u
and your evaporator Is completed with
very little outlay. VIZ"
win This or similar home made CON-
.rlvanee may be saved much of the fruit
snat annually goes to waste on every
5 iar,h. IN 1t may be dried apples, peaches
and all the small fruits. 0-'-o
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14

have about us; while the business and
converse of life would have to be carried
on by the manipulation of educated, but
dumb figures.
There is but one remedy for all this
terrible evil, and that is to be found in
the true religious government of the
heart and tongue. If there is any other
prescription for this deadly vice, none
of the philosophers and none of the wise
men, either of ancient or modern times,
have yet made it known to our slandered
humanity.
Listen to words worth more than gold
or glittering gems: "Whoso keepeth his
mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul
from trouble"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Convention of Nursarvnar

At the late annual meeting of the Amer
ican Association of Nurserymen, Florists
and Seedmen, in Chicago, the name OF
the association was changed to American
Nurserymen's association. The next meet
ing will be held at Detroit, Mich, in
June, 1888. The following officers were
elected: President, C. l.. Watrous, Des
Moines, Ia; vice president, L. G. Bragg,
Kalamazoo, Mich; secretary, d. W.
Scott, Galena, Ills; treasurer, A. r. Whit
ney, Franklin Grove, Ills.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
TuE fraternal features of the Knigb

THE fraternal features of the Knights
of Honor should not be neglected.
Every member should visit his lodge at
least once in each month, form the -ac-
quaintance of the members, and make
himself agreeable to them and useful to
the Order. Frequent attendance at
lodge meetings makes us more familiar
with the working machinery of the
Order and enables us to give valuable
assistance for the good of the Order.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
FIG. Cow MANGFR

little higher than the manger when set on
the bottom. 1t should be set in notches
at the bottom and remain loose at the top,
so 1t can play back and forth A notched
board is hinged to the middle Of this adj
Unstable rack Mt the top, so as to catch on
the top of the manger and hold it back
when pressed against the hay. A slant
ing board is placed behind the bottom OF
the rack, which causes all chaffy material
IN the fodder to slide out in the food box,
where it is eaten, and not scattered under
The animals feet Grain can be fed Oh
the manger floor in front of the adjustable
rack. In filling the rack with hay the
notched board is lifted up, allowing the
adjustable rack to fall forward. Wher
Filled this partition is pressed back firmly
against the hay.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
THE FRATERNITIES.
New Masonic Lodge.

Grand Master DeLap has issued his
dispensations for the organization of
Jasper Lodge at Heidelberg. Hon. John
Z. Mccormick, Past Grand Master, to be
w. NJ; Thos. McFuller to be s. W.; w
NJ. Bounds, J. w.
This makes the second new Lodge or
ganized this year. One dormant Lodge
revived.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Only Three.

From a careful examination of statis-
tics, it has been learned that only three
men out of hundred leave their fami-
lies in comfortable circumstances at
death. Here are long odds of thirty
three to one against every man who
thinks he is going to be one of the lucky
trio that will provide his family with
plenty. How very unwise it appearsfor
men to risk such odds.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
Elaxseed for PIGS

Professor Stewart advocates fiaxseed as
food medicine for pigs. Its oil is sooth-
ing TO the stomach and intestines and it is
also rich in food for muscle and bone. He
tells In Country Gentleman how to use it.
Boil the fiaxseed in six times its bulk OF
water till it forms jelly; now mix lit
Tie OF this jelly with wheat bran and you
nave an excellent food for growing pig.
Ihls Is also good food for the brood sow,
promoting her yield of milk. If used in
inns way, one pound of boiled flaxseed is
mixed with ten pounds Of bran. Pigs
very soon get liking for the taste of flax
seed
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-09-14
DEVELOPMENT.

One of the great benefits that has re.
suited from the growth of fraternal or
ganizations like the knights Of Honor is
tdat they have developed greater breadth
of mind, more enlarged charity and a
kindlier spirit of tolerance than the
world would have seen without them
Opposition to them is opposition to all
that practical religion requires of men
in their relation to each other.